30/05/2017 Asia Business Report

Government forces in the Philippines say they've retaken control of most

after a week of heavy fighting against Islamist insurgents/

Military officials say their progress has been decisive.

But at least a hundred civilians have been killed and 2000 people may

still be trapped in militant held areas.

A week on from the Manchester attack, exclusive BBC

Salman Abedi is seen shopping the day before,

and police release an image of him with a suitcase.

And this story is trending on BBC.com.

The golfer Tiger Woods says a reaction to prescription drugs led

to his arrest for "driving while under the influence".

The 14 times Major winner says NO alcohol was involved.

An investigation has begun at Hamerton Zoo in Cambridgeshire

after a keeper was killed by a tiger.

The zoo was evacuated but managers say there was never

Now on BBC News all the latest business news live from Singapore.

The Vietnamese Prime Minister pushes for a two way trade deal with

America. Will President Trump consider it a priority? Find out how

this boss built her business when banks would not lend her any money.

Hello and welcome to Asia business report. The Vietnamese Prime

Minister will be keen to negotiate bilateral trade deal with US

President Donald Trump when they meet later. This comes several

months after Washington dropped out of the transpacific partnership.

Earlier I spoke to a man who will meet him tomorrow night. He told me

why a two way trade deal is so important for Vietnam. Vietnam is

very disappointed when President Trump backed out of the transpacific

partnership on his first day in office. In Vietnam, it is quite a

two for Vietnam that he is the first leader from South East Asia to see

the president. If they want to make progress, the US has very important

markets for Vietnam and very important export markets. So far,

the Trump Administration has clearly expressed they are unhappy with the

trade surplus the exam is running. Do you think the free trade deal is

likely? Vietnam contributes to the American trade deficit. What the

focus for Prime Minister is to see if he can build a personal

relationship with President Trump. Vietnam is very nervous about the

almost friendship, it looks like, the close ties between the Chinese

leader and President Trump. Vietnam is afraid it will be at the

detriment, at a cost, to Vietnam, especially in the South China Sea.

British Airways says its flights are gradually getting back to normal

after all its planes were grounded over the weekend. The chief

Executive has blamed a power surge in one you take -- the UK data

centres. It was claimed the back-up systems also collapsed. He is

refusing to resign. He insists the computer failure had nothing to do

with cost cutting. There are no redundancies taking place around

this particular hardware set of infrastructure. In this particular

case it is all locally hired resources that have been attending

to the maintenance and running of this infrastructure. So, completely

unrelated to the redundancies and outsourcing of the IT systems? In

this case, yes. Weeks after government data showed the economy

grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year,

clocking its longest period of expansion in more than a decade.

BMW's is a shortage of parts from Bosch has caused the Jews at its

plant in China and Africa. Delay in delivery of its steering gears has

slowed down production of several models. The problem is that Bosch is

having with BMW is a stark contrast to the reliability normally attached

to the made in Germany brand. Bosch was implicated in the BW emissions

scandal and had to recall thousands of gas hob is earlier this year. The

company says trust is at the basis of all it does. In this week's two

minutes with, I spoke to a board member of Bosch about the Asian

market. China is by far the biggest market based on population and size,

followed by the Indian market, also based on population. The Asian

markets are very important for us. When you consider the amount of

people, the population here, we talk about more than 600 million people.

You are currently in the news in the UK. You are recalling a number of

thousands of gas hovers. There has been a settlement as well. $327

million with BW ABV diesel emissions scandal. What you're doing is

selling products to Asian households. Trust is a big factor.

How do you ensure that? Trust is very important subject for us. We

take it very seriously. Already, our founders said, clearly, rather to

lose money than trust. I think we stick to that. When you talk about

the UK subject, there's kind of a risk that something can happen we

make a repair solution voluntarily to avoid any accident. All right.

Very quickly, just jumping in, as a consumer in Asia I four years bought

Asian brands. They are much cheaper than the European brands like yours.

How do you compete? I would think, always looking for high-quality

products. That is for sure. We are pretty innovative. We spend a lot of

money overall. You can see, as a result, in our products we are

selling. We are organised in different sectors. We have four

sectors. Also consumer goods. I think we are making fairly good

progress on the consumer good side. We're not in the low end segment,

that is for sure. That is true. We are making very good offerings in

the high end segment and the middle-class segment. What will be

on the US business agenda after the Memorial Day holiday? Our business

reporter can tell us. Economic data due out this week could support or

undermine the case for the American central bank to raise interest rates

in June. The US markets were closed on Monday for Memorial Day and the

unofficial start to the summer in America. It is time for investors to

put away the barbecue and get back to work. There is plenty of economic

news do at this week. The US commerce Department is expected to

report consumer spending grew after being unchanged in March. The

Federal reserve potluck favourite measure of inflation, the core price

index which makes part of this report, that could well move the

markets. There could be a faster rate hike schedule. Something Wall

Street is keeping a close eye on. Economists are looking for a 1.5%

yearly increase in that index. That is well below the Beds 2% inflation

target. Michelle Fleury in New York. She's ahead of a multi-million

dollar Javanese bar empire. When she started, she was rare female

entrepreneurs in the 1970s in Indonesia. It certainly was not

easy. What is her secret? Rebecca caught up with over a bite to eat.

Nobody wants to help me and they think I am a crazy woman, you know?

I have to borrow money but they said no. You are a woman. We don't help

you. You have to stay home and serve your husband and children. My

father, late father, he is very nice. Don't worry, he said. I will

get your brother and sister. Maybe they want to invest in your business

because you have a big dream but no money.

We are the second largest rainforest in the world. But, they cut all the

rainforest. That was Martha with her story.

Let's take a look on the market. They have opened in Asia. They are

both flat. Very little direction from the US. Wall Street was shut

because of the Memorial Day weekend. Also widening scandal due to the

possible ties between President Trump and Russia. That is for this

report. Our main story, a week on from the

Manchester attack the BBC obtains exclusive pictures. Salman Abedi is

seen shopping. Police released images of him with ace blue

suitcase. John Noakes has died at the age of 83. He has to Blue Peter

in the 1960s and 70s and was the longest serving presenter, appearing

for more than 12 years. David Sillito looks back at his life.

I'm upside down, at 30,000 feet and upside down.

Blue Peter has had many presenters over the years,

but John Noakes, the cheery, funny daredevil from

At this level the plinth on which Nelson stands

I find myself literally hanging from the ladder

In an age with a rather relaxed attitude to health and safety

the words "and then it was my turn" led to some startling TV moments.

His trip down the Cresta run was also terrifying.

I jumped onto the ice and carried on down the track on my backside

John Noakes had started out in the RAF before turning to acting

The Yorkshire accent and the willingness to do anything

for a laugh stood out in a rather more formal era of

I think for a lot of people today is a very sad day.

We have lost him and he looked pretty eternal from where

We have lost our childhoods too a bit.

In those days there were only two channels and he was the whole of

Shep, don't bite him, he's a nice little fellow.

After 12 years he and his dog Shep were part of national life,

but he had tired of the risks and the workload and

He set off in a yacht and eventually settled in Majorca.

Off-screen he was rather more shy and serious,

the John Noakes we knew was in many ways an act.

Johnny always had to have a character to play

so he invented that John Noakes, not very different from him,

but it was an extension of him and it was a John Noakes that

could do the things that he did on television that the real

His skydiving was record-breaking and almost went wrong,

and his meeting with a baby elephant...

Lulu hadn't stood on his foot, but John Noakes always

Millions today were saying goodbye to a much loved part of childhood.

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